The year was 1982. I went to Time Out, my local arcade, and there I found my cousin playing this new game where a cook had to make burgers while avoiding hot dogs, pickles, and other food items. That game was BurgerTime and I was immediately hooked! BurgerTime was first released in Japan under the…
Today is apparently Bruce Wayne’s birthday, but I’m ashamed to say I’ve neglected to send him a gift. It’d be hard enough thinking about what to get a real billionaire for their anniversary, let alone one that doesn’t exist. Fortunately, Warner Bros and Valve have found another way to mark this special occasion that I…
Let’s roll. Publisher and developer Burst2Flame has today announced that it will be bringing the fantasy turn-based RPG Stolen Realm to Switch on 8th March. This takes everything that we are used to seeing in fantasy RPGs — a huge class system, strategic combat, dragons — and adds in a new ‘simultaneous’ twist where your…
With Cyberpunk 2077’s redemption arc firmly in the rear-view mirror, CD Projekt Red is now full throttle on three separate projects. We already know, more or less, what two of them are: One is a new trilogy of Witcher games codenamed Polaris, and the other is a Cyberpunk sequel codenamed Orion. But one mysterious star-themed…
Cog-nitive. In games, we often talk about ‘levels’ and ‘levelling up’. Promenade takes that to the – ahem – next level. France-based Holy Cap Studios and Red Art Games bring us this 2D puzzle-platformer collectathon that connects a mix of lands via a Great Elevator. Inspired by other titles, it may not be the most…
Category: Xbox Game PassFebruary 20, 2024 Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Bluey: The Videogame, Tales of Arise, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and More Megan Spurr, Community Lead, Xbox Game Pass For the second half of February, we have some surprise games, some not-so-surprise games, Perks, and a DLC – plenty to get you gaming now and…
The speedrunner SHiFT has set a new best time of 41m 59s. A new any% speedrun world record has just been set for the 2003 THQ platformer SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. The SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom speedrunner SHiFT set a new world record yesterday, achieving a time of 41 minutes 59…
We’ve come full-circle—or full cube, as it were. There’s something about this recently-announced set by Lego ideas that’s tickling my poetic sensibilities. It’s a block, represented by blocks. Now we just need a Minecraft mod porting this exact set inside it, and we’ll be three meta-layers deep. Time to party up. We’re oozing with anticipation!…
If you’ve ever posted to Reddit there’s a good chance you’re helping train the next generation of AI models with your own words, pictures, and memes, because the company’s selling access to its 20 years’ worth of content for a reported $60 million. I mean, chances are you’ve already been used to train AIs given…
Hokuto No Ken 3 was originally released in 1989. An exciting new fan translation patch has just been released for a Japan-exclusive Nintendo Famicom RPG based on the iconic manga and anime series Fist of the North Star. Hokuto No Ken 3: Shinseiki Souzou Seiken Retsuden was the third game for the Nintendo console to…